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This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.

Currently trading

A - F

Atkinsons (Sheffield)
Austins (Derry)
Austins (Newton Abbot)
Bakers & Larners (Holt)
Banburys (Barnstaple)
Barbours (Dumfries)
Barkers (Northallerton)
Barretts (St Neots)
J E Beale (Bournemouth and branches) - Group of 30 department stores trading under the 'Beales' name. Stores amalgamated into the group include
- Broadbents & Boothroyds (Southport) - Formerly Boothroyds.
- Denners (Yeovil)
- Robbs (Hexham)
- Westgate Department Store (Peterborough)
- Whitakers (Bolton)
British Home Stores (Oxford Street, London plus 182 locations across UK)
Bennetts (Derby)
Blands (Wembley)
Boswells (Oxford)
Bradbeers (Romsey and New Milton)
Bratt & Evans (Northwich)
Bristol Guild of Applied Art (Bristol)
Browns (York and branches)
Chopes (Bideford)
Collingwood Batchelor (Horley and branches)
Creasey & Son (St Peter Port)
W J Daniel & Co (Windsor and branches)
Dawsons (Clitheroe)
Debenhams (Oxford Street, London and branches) - Occupies the most number of sites of any of the traditional department store groups in the UK. The majority of the original trading names of the stores, in each of their respective locations, were replaced with the 'Debenhams' name during the 1970s. All department stores in the group now trade as 'Debenhams' except Browns in Chester. New stores are usually located within wider town and regional shopping centre developments.
- Browns (Chester)
J Dixon & Son (Whitehaven)
Dunnes Stores (Bangor and branches)
Elliotts (Lymington)
Eve & Ranshaw (Louth)
Facy (Henley-on-Thames)
Fenwick (Newcastle upon Tyne and branches) - Group of 11 stores including
- Fenwick (Newcastle upon Tyne)
- Bentalls (Kingston upon Thames)
- Williams & Griffin (Colchester)
Fields (Sidmouth and branches)
Fishpools (Waltham Cross)
Fords (Oakham)
Fortnum & Mason (Piccadilly, London)

G - O

Goulds (Dorchester)
Hancock & Wood (Warrington)
Harrods (Knightsbridge, London)
Harvey Nichols (Knightsbridge, London and branches)
Harveys (Halifax)
Hatchers (Taunton)
Havens (Westcliff-on-Sea)
Hawkins (Hitchin)
Heart of England Co-operative Society (Nuneaton and branches)
Hills (Spalding)
Hoopers (Torquay and branches)
David Hourston & Sons (Ayr)
House of Fraser (Glasgow and branches) - The third largest group of traditional department stores in the UK. Stores include
- Frasers (Glasgow) - Formerly McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead and originally McDonalds and Wylie & Lochhead.
- House of Fraser Birmingham (Birmingham) - Formerly Rackhams. The biggest department store in the UK outside of London.
- House of Fraser Cardiff (Cardiff) - Formerly Howells / James Howell & Co.
- House of Fraser Hull (Hull) - Formerly Hammonds.
- House of Fraser Manchester (Manchester) - Formerly Kendals / Kendal Milne & Co.
- House of Fraser Oxford Street (Oxford Street, London) - Formerly D H Evans.
- House of Fraser Plymouth (Plymouth) - Formerly Dingles / E Dingle & Co.
- House of Fraser (department store) Solihull (Solihull) - Formerly Beatties
- House of Fraser Victoria (Victoria Street, London) - Formerly Army & Navy / Army & Navy Stores.
- Jenners (Edinburgh)
- Jollys (Bath)
T J Hughes (Liverpool and branches)
T P Hughes (Tenby)
Jarrolds (Norwich)
Kerfoots (Porthmadog)
H J Knee (Trowbridge and Malmesbury)
Herbert Lewis (Chepstow)
John Lewis (Oxford Street, London and branches) - The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis is a division of the 'John Lewis Partnership' and owns 30 full-line department stores (significantly fewer outlets than its main rivals). The partnership operates a unique democratic structure, with every permanent employee retaining a share in the business (held in trust). Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original names, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000. Knight & Lee in Southsea will be re-branded following relocation to new premises. Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London retains its original name. Department stores include
- John Lewis (Oxford Street, London)
- Peter Jones (Sloane Square, London)
- John Lewis Cambridge (Cambridge) - Formerly Robert Sayle
- John Lewis Cardiff (Cardiff)
- John Lewis Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
- John Lewis Liverpool (Liverpool) - Formerly George Henry Lee.
- John Lewis Newcastle (Newcastle upon Tyne) - Formerly Bainbridge.
- John Lewis Nottingham (Nottingham) - Formerly Jessops / Jessop & Son.
- John Lewis Reading (Reading) - Formerly Heelas.
- John Lewis Sheffield (Sheffield) - Formerly Cole Brothers.
- John Lewis Solihull (Touchwood, Solihull)
- John Lewis Southampton (Southampton) - Formerly Tyrrell & Green.
Lathams of Potter Heigham (Potter Heigham)
Liberty (Regent Street, London)
Lincolnshire Co-operative (Lincoln and Gainsborough)
Godfreys (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
McEwens (Perth)
David Mann & Sons (Cranleigh)
Marks & Spencer (Marble Arch, Oxford Street, London and branches)
Midlands Co-operative Society (Derby and branches)
C Milner & Sons (Leyburn)
Morleys (Brixton and branches) - 8 department stores including
- Morleys (Brixton)
- Bodgers (Ilford)
- Elys (Wimbledon)
- Roomes Home & Fashion (Upminster) Bought by Morleys 2009 & separated from Roomes Stores
- Camp Hopson (Newbury)
Nasons (Canterbury)
Oldrids (Boston and branches)

P - Z

Palmers (Great Yarmouth and branches) - Group of 5 department stores including
- Palmers (Great Yarmouth)
- Palmers (Bury St Edmunds) - Formerly William Plumpton & Son
- Palmers (Lowestoft) - Formerly Chadds
- Palmers (Dereham)
Penrith Co-operative Society (Penrith)
Peters (Huddersfield)
Pettits (Wallingford)
Potters (Buxton)
Quadrant (Chelmsford and Braintree) - Department stores operated by Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society.
Randalls (Uxbridge)
Roys of Wroxham (Hoveton and branches)
John Sanders (Ruislip)
Selfridges (Oxford Street, London and branches) - Group of 4 department stores including
- Selfridges (Oxford Street, London)
- Selfridges Birmingham (Birmingham)
- Selfridges Manchester Trafford (Trafford Centre, Manchester)
Smith Bradbeer (Romsey and branches)
J W Stringer (Lytham)
Tamworth Co-operative Society (Tamworth)
J R Taylor (St Annes-on-Sea)
C J Townrow & Sons (Braintree and branches)
Trago Mills (Newton Abbot and branches)
Tudor Williams (New Malden and branches) - Group of 5 shops including
- Tudor Williams (New Malden)
- Elphicks (Farnham)
- James Knight & Sons (Reigate)
Tyrers (St Helens)
Ulster Stores (Coleraine and branches) - Group of 4 department stores including
- Moores (Coleraine)
- Clares (Llandudno)
- de Gruchy (St Helier)
Voisins (St Helier)
Walker & Ling (Weston-super-Mare)
Watt Brothers (Glasgow)
Wetherells (Selby)
Wildings (Newport and branches)
Fred Winter (Stratford upon Avon)
Woods (Barnsley)
Wroes (Bude and branches)
R Yates & Sons (Malton)

Defunct department store groups

Allders Department Stores (Croydon and branches) - Group went into administration on 29 January 2005. All branches were subsequently sold or closed. The flagship Croydon store continued to trade independently after 2005, finally closing on 22 September 2012.
J J Allen (Bournemouth and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Army & Navy Stores (Victoria Street, London and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Arnotts (Glasgow and branches) - Group created by House of Fraser.
T Baird & Sons (Wishaw and 16 other branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser in 1970 from Selincourt & Sons Ltd of London and subsequently incorporated into the Arnotts group. The branch in Hamilton operated independently, trading as Bairds until closing at the beginning of 2014.
John Barker & Co. (Kensington and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Bentalls (Kingston upon Thames and branches) - Group acquired by Fenwick. Stores in Kingston upon Thames and Bracknell continue to trade as Bentalls.
Benzie & Miller (Fraserburgh and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser and subsequently incorporated into the Arnotts group.
H Binns Son & Co (Sunderland and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Blacketts (Sunderland and branches) - Group acquired by Hide & Co.
Bobby & Co. (Margate and branches) - Group acquired by Drapery Trust in 1927 and amalgamated with Debenhams 1972.
Brighton Co-operative Society (Brighton and branches) - Group merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society.
Brown Muff (Bradford and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Chiesmans (Lewisham and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
James Colmer (Bath and branches) - Group of 5 department stores acquired by Owen Owen.
The Co-operative Group (Manchester) - Operators of 36 department stores, most trading under the "Living" brand, 7 of which were sold to Anglia Regional Co-operative Society in 2005, all others closed.
Co-operative Retail Services (Manchester) - Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society to form The Co-operative Group.
Co-operative Wholesale Society (Manchester) - Merged with Co-operative Retail Services to form The Co-operative Group.
E Dingle & Co. (Plymouth and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Doggarts (Bishop Auckland and branches)
Drapery Trust - Holding company of a group of department stores owned by Debenhams since 1928 and amalgamated into Debenhams in 1973.
Eaden Lilley (Originally Cambridge then reduced to Saffron Walden and branches)
East of England Co-operative Society (Ipswich and branches) - Department store operations of the group, comprising 9 department stores, sold to Vergo Retail in 2009.
Featherstones (Chatham and branches)
Harrods (Knightsbridge and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser. The flagship Knightsbridge store is now independently owned and continues to trade as Harrods.
Hide & Co. (Kingston upon Thames and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Jolly & Son (Bath and other branches) - Group acquired by E J Dingles & Co
Lewis & Hyland (Ashford and branches)
Lewis's (Liverpool and branches) - Group went into administration in 1991. A number of stores were subsequently acquired by Owen Owen. The flagship Liverpool store was last owned by Vergo Retail and closed on 29 May 2010.
London Co-operative Society (Stratford and branches) - Group amalgamated with Co-operative Retail Services in 1981.
William McIlroy (Reading, Swindon and branches)
Macowards (Cardiff and branches) - Group of 35 department stores, 8 of which were acquired by Owen Owen.
Marshall & Snelgrove (Oxford Street, London and branches) - Group merged with Debenhams.
Merchant Retail Group (Sunderland and branches) - Owner of 6 department stores, 2 of which (Joplings and Robbs) were sold to Owen Owen.
Owen Owen (Liverpool and branches) - Group went into administration on 28 February 2007. 3 stores subsequently acquired by Vergo Retail.
Plummer Roddis (Bournemouth and branches) - Group acquired by Debenhams.
Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society (Plymouth and branches) - Department stores sold to Vergo Retail.
Mathias Robinson (West Hartlepool and branches) - Founded in 1875. Group acquired by Debenhams in 1962.
Peter Robinson (Oxford Circus, London and branches) - Group acquired by Burton.
Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (Woolwich and branches) - Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society in 1985.
Schofields (Leeds and branches) - Group acquired by House of Fraser.
Scottish Drapery Corporation - Holding company acquired by House of Fraser.
Scottish Midland Co-operative Society (Edinburgh and branches) - Group of 20 department stores closed in 2000.
Selfridge Provincial Stores (Oxford Street, London and branches) - Branches acquired by John Lewis Partnership in 1940. Selfridges flagship department store was not part of this acquisition and was acquired by Lewis's in 1951.
Sheffield Co-operative Society (Sheffield and branches) - Merged with United Co-operatives in 2007.
Shephards (Gateshead and branches)
South Suburban Co-operative Society (Croydon and branches) - Merged with Co-operative Wholesale Society in 1984.
Sunwin House (Bradford and branches) - Department store operations of United Co-operatives. Stores sold to Anglia Regional Co-operative Society and T J Hughes.
United Drapery Stores - Holding company of a number of businesses including department stores. Department store operations merged to form Allders group.
Vergo Retail (Liverpool and branches) - Group of 19 department stores: former Owen Owen, Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society and East of England Co-operative Society department stores. Robbs in Hexham sold to J E Beale and all other stores closed.
Westgate Department Stores (Peterborough and branches) - Group of 28 department stores operated by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society. 20 of these stores were sold to J E Beale in 2011.
Whiteleys (Bayswater and branches) - Group of 4 department stores acquired by Selfridges in 1927.

Defunct department stores

A - F

Adnitt Brothers (Northampton) Opened in 1871. Bought by Debenhams in 1952 and rebranded in 1973.^[1]
Affleck & Brown (Manchester) Bought by Debenhams 1920
W J Aldiss (Fakenham) - Established 1892; department store closed 2008; W J Aldiss continue to operate home furnishing stores in Fakenham and Norwich.
Alexander Henderson Ltd (Glasgow) Purchased by House of Fraser in 1970 from Selincourt & Sons Ltd of London. Became new store for Pettigrew & Stephens.^[2]
Allansons (Birkenhead) Opened 1860s. Bought by Beatties 1964. House of Fraser since 2005.^[3]
Peter Allen (Edinburgh) Bought by Fraser Sons & Co in 1940. Closed by House of Fraser.^[4]
J & R Allan (Edinburgh) Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation and subsequently by House of Fraser. Turned into Arnotts in 1970s and closed by House of Fraser.
Amblers (Skipton) Bought by Brown Muff in August 1961. Became a Rackmans - Now a House of Fraser.
Arberys (Wantage) Opened 1900? closed 1995.^[5]
Attwoods (Kidderminster) Bought by Kays of Worcester in 1950s - the Catalogue business.^[6]
William Baldock & Sons (Newton Abbott) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1960s
Baldwins (Deal) Became Laughtons.
John Banner (Sheffield) Opened in 1873. Moved to Attercliffe Road 1894. Building rebuilt 1934. Closed 1980.
Barbers (Fulham) Opened in 1891. Closed 1980s.
John Barnes (Finchley) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis closed 1981.
Barrats (Clapham) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores.
Barrows Stores (Birmingham)
Edward Bates (Chatham, Kent & Maidstone) - Established 1869; Bought by Bentalls 1979.
Isaac Benzie (Aberdeen) Bought by House of Fraser - traded as Arnotts. Now closed.
Bearmans (Leytonstone)
Beavans (Byker) Opened 1910. Bought by Great Universal Stores in 1964. Closed and operated as Bargain Catalogue Store before closing in 2005.^[7]
Joseph Beckett & Co. (Chester)^[8]
V H Bennett (Weymouth) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Blacklers (Liverpool)
J D Blair & Co (Edinburgh) Bought by Scottish Drapery Corp and subsequently House of Fraser whom closed the store down.
Blake & Sons (Maidstone) Opened 1865. Bought by Edward Bates 1969. Closed 1978.^[9]
Blinkhorns (Gloucester & Stroud) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores and sold to John Lewis. Closed 1953 and sold to Woolworths.^[10]
Boardmans (Stratford) Opened 19th Century. Bought by Keddies 1970s. Closed and demolished 1984.^[11]
Bobbys of Bristol (Clifton) Formerly John Cordeaux & Son. Opened 1928 Closed 1932.^[12] Bought by Brights.
Bolingbroke & Wenley (Chelmsford) Opened 1846. Closed 1995. Continued as a Furniture Shop until 2006.
Bonds of Chelmsford (Chelmsford) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded 1973.^[13]
Bonds of Norwich (Norwich)
Bon Marche (Brixton) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores in 1926. Sold to John Lewis. Closed 1975.^[14]
Bon Marche (Gloucester) Opened 1889. Bought by Drapery Trust in Late 1920s and rebranded Debenhams in 1971.^[15]^[16]
Bon Marche (Tunbridge Wells) Opened 1878. Bought by John Lewis 1946. Sold to John Perris of Croydon 1953.^[17]
Frederick Boulton (Cirencester) Bought by House of Fraser 1975 and converted to a Rackmans. Now House of Fraser.
Boultons (Stafford) Opened 1743. Sold 1865 to Brookfields.^[18]
Bourne & Hollingsworth (Oxford Street, London & Southampton) Closed 1979 (Southampton) & 1983 (London)
Bournes (Southampton) Opened 1979 after sale of Bourne & Hollingsworth store
Brakes (Taunton)^[19]
Bratt & Dyke (Hanley) Opened 1897 Closed 1970s - Located corner of Stafford & Trinity Street.^[20]^[21]
Brights (Bournemouth & Clifton) Bought by Dingles. Now House of Fraser.
Brightwells (Southend-on-Sea)
Brookfields (Stafford) Opened 1865 (originally Boulton & Talbot) Closed 1909.^[22]
D M Brown (Dundee) Bought by Scottish Drapery Corp then subsequently House of Fraser. Turned into an Arnotts in 1970s closed 2002.
Brown & Phillips (Deal) Opened 1938. Closed 2003.^[23]
Bryants (St Ives) Opened 1887.^[24] Sold to Eaden Lilley 2003.
W J Buckley & Co (Harrogate) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis. Closed 1953.^[25]
A H Bull (Reading, Berkshire) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis. Closed 1953 and incorporated into Heelas.^[26]
Buntings (Norwich)
Burgis & Colbourne (Leamington Spa) Bought by Army & Navy 1963. Now House of Fraser.^[27]
T. G. Burrell (Chester)^[28]
Busbys (Bradford) Opened 1908. Purchased by Debenhams 1958. Rebranded 1973. Closed 1978.^[29]
B T Butler (Weston-Super-Mare) Bought by James Colmer. Became Owen Owen in 1973.
Caleys (Windsor) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores and sold to John Lewis. Closed 2006
J T Calverts (Sunderland) Bought by Hedley, Swan & Co in 1921 owners of Joplings. Calverts was closed and re-opened as the new branch of Joplings.^[30]
Carltons (Bridlington) Opened 1911. Closed 1968.^[31]
Carmichaels (Hull)^[32]
Catesbys (Tottenham Court Road, London) Opened 1865. Incorporated 1910. Closed 1958.^[33]^[34]
Cavendish House (Cheltenham) Formed 1823 bought by House of Fraser 1969
Cawdells (Watford)^[35]
Chadds (Hereford) - Established 1929; closed 7 June 2008. Now The Entertainer.^[36]^[37]
Chadds (Lowestoft) - Established 1909 purchased by Palmers 2004. Rebranded Palmers 2009
W & A Chapman (Taunton) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.^[38]
Chart & Lawrence (Horsham)^[39]
City Drapery Stores (Oxford) 1884-1905 Bought by Webbers ^[40]
Civil Service Supply Association (Strand, London)
Edward J Clarke (Harrogate) Bought by McDonalds, the Scottish store group who were bought by House of Fraser.^[41]
Thomas Clarkson (Wolverhampton) Started 1840. Bought by Army & Navy in 1960. Rebranded Army & Navy 1974.^[42]
Clements (Watford) Opened 1898. Closed 2004.^[43]
Clements & Brown (Taunton) Bought by James Colmer. Became Owen Owen in 1973.
Walter Cobb (Sydenham)
Cole Brothers (Sheffield) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores 1927. Sold to John Lewis 1940. Became John Lewis Sheffield in 2002.
Colsons (Exeter) Bought by Brights then House of Fraser. Renamed Dingles 1970s. Now House of Fraser.
Copeland & Lyle (Glasgow) Opened 1873. Incorporated 1918. Closed 1970. Site purchased by House of Fraser in 1971.
Robert Corbett & Son (Portadown) Opened 1876. Closed 1970s.^[44]^[45]
John Cordeux & Sons (Clifton) Bought by Bobbys 1928.
Cox & Horder (Falmouth) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1961.^[46]
Cox & Painter (Great Malvern) Opened 1833.^[47]
James Coxon & Co Ltd (Newcastle upon Tyne) bought by Binns 1929.^[48]
Coxs (Burslem)^[49]
Criddle & Smith (Truro) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1960s
Cuffs (Woolwich) Opened 1891. Closed 1975.^[50]
Curl Brothers (Norwich) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded 1973.
Dale & Kerley (Eastbourne) Bought by John Barker & Co Became House of Fraser. Closed 1997. Now T J Hughes.
Darling & Co (Edinburgh) 124-125 Princes Street - Merged with Great Universal Stores before being sold to House of Fraser whom closed the store.^[51]
Edwin Davis (Hull)^[52]
Joseph Della Porta (Shrewsbury) Bought by Rackmans 1975. Now a House of Fraser.
Derry & Toms (Kensington)^[53] Bought by John Barker 1920. Closed 1973.
J L Dixons (department store) (Southend-on-Sea)
Downings (Elephant and Castle)
Elliston & Cavell (Oxford) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded 1972.
Esslemont & Macintosh (Aberdeen)
Evans & Davies (Palmers Green) Opened 1920 Closed 1980 ^[54]
Evans & Owen (Bath) Closed 1974.^[55]
Ben Evans (Swansea)
Benjamin Beardmore Evans (Kilburn)
Dan Evans (Barry) - Closed 28 January 2006.
David Evans (Cwmbran) Bought by House of Fraser 1978. Now a House of Fraser.
Henry Evenden (Eastbourne)
Alexander Ewing & Co (Dundee) Bought by House of Fraser and subsequently closed.
G J Fairhead (Ilford) - Established 1873; closed 2008.
John Falconer & Co (Aberdeen) Bought by Scottish Drapery Corporation in 1929. In 1952 SDC bought by House of Fraser. Store became a Frasers. Closed 2002.
Farnons (Newcastle)
Footman Pretty (Ipswich) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
R W Forsyth (Edinburgh)
Fowler & Bock (South Shields) bought by Binns 1927.
Frederick Fish & Son (Ipswich)
Fisk & Son (St Albans)

G - L

A W Gamage (Holborn, London)
Garratts (Woolwich) Closed 1972.^[56]
Genge & Co (Dorchester) Bought by Army & Navy in 1953.
Glass's (Peterborough)
Henry Glave (New Oxford Street, London)
Goldbergs (Glasgow)
Goodbans (Chiswick)
Gosling & Sons (Richmond Upon Thames) Bought by Dickins & Jones 1957. Now a House of Fraser.
Grants of Croydon (Croydon)
Gravesons (Hertford)
Edward Grey (Birmingham and Willenhall) Acquired by Debenhams.
Griffin & Spalding (Nottingham) Bought by Debenhams.
Guy & Smith (Grimsby) Bought by Binns 1969. Now House of Fraser.
Philip Hall (Ripon)
Hamilton & Bell (Cross Gates, Leeds)
Hammonds (Hull) Bought by Binns 1972. Still a House of Fraser.
Hammonds (Bridlington) On site of former Carltons store. Opened 1970 - Bought by Binns 1972. Closed by House of Fraser. Became Boyes 1998.^[57]
Handleys (Southsea) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Hanningtons (Brighton)
Harrison Gibson (Bromley) Bought by Army & Navy in 1968. Became House of Fraser. Closed 2004 Now TK Maxx.
H & D Hart (Leeds)
Wiliam Harvey (Guildford) Bought by Army & Navy in 1953. Now House of Fraser.
Harwoods (Strood)
George Hatton (Dover)
Hawke & Thomas (Newquay) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1960s
Sidney Heath (Swansea)^[58]
George Henry Havelock (Sunderland) - Destroyed by fire on 18 July 1898. Rebuilt 1900. Sold 1914 and became a cinema.^[59]
Heelas & Sons Co. (Reading) Opened 1854. Bought by Charles Clore 1947 but sold to UDS 1950. Bought by John Lewis 1953. Rebranded 2001.
Henrys (Manchester)
H L Herbert & Co. (Kilburn)
Heyworths (Cambridge)^[60] Closed 1965
Albert Hide & Son (Bexleyheath)
D Hill, Carter & Company (North Shields) formerly D Hill & Co. Merged with Carter & Co 1898.
D Hill, Carter & Company (Hartlepool) formerly Carter & Co. Merged with D Hill 1898. Bought by Blacketts 1940s.
R H O Hill (Blackpool) bought by Binns. Closed by House of Fraser.
George Hilton & Sons (Haywards Heath)
Hinds (Eltham)
George Hitchcock Williams & Co. (St Paul's Churchyard, London)
M C Hitchen & Son (Leeds)
Holdrons (Peckham) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis. Closed 1948.^[61]
Houndsditch Warehouse (Houndsditch, London)
Howards (Newcastle upon Tyne)
James Howell & Co (Cardiff)^[62] Purchased by House of Fraser 1972
John K Hubbard (Worthing) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
W H Hunt & Co (Kensington) Opened 1889 Closed 1923 (located 197-207 Kensington High Street)^[63]
Huntbachs (Hanley)
Hunt Brothers (Horsham)
E Jackson & Sons (Reading)
V H Jarvis (Aylesbury) - Closed 1980.
Jermyns (Kings Lynn) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Joseph Johnson (Leicester) Opened 1880. Acquired by Fenwicks 1962.^[64]
Jones (Bristol) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded in 1973.
Jones & Higgins (Peckham)
Jones Brothers (Holloway) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis. Closed 1990.^[65]
B J Jones (Lampeter)
Edwin Jones (department store) (Southampton) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Richard Jones (Chester)
Thomas Jones (Middlesbrough) Bought by Binns in 1923. Now a House of Fraser.
William Jones (Chester) bought by Owen Owen
Joplings (Sunderland) Closed 2010
Jordans (Lisson Grove, London)
Joyes (Grays) - Closed 1975.^[66]
Keddies (Southend-on-Sea)
Kendals / Kendal Milne & Co. (Manchester) Bought by House of Fraser in 1959. Still a House of Fraser.
Kendalls (department store) (Malvern) Opened 1852. Bought by Macowards 1962.^[67]
Kennards (Croydon and Staines) - Group acquired by Drapery Trust and amalgamated with Debenhams.
Kirby & Nicholson (York)
Lack Brothers (Thornton Heath)
Lance & Lance (weston-super-mare) Bought by John Lewis 1933. Closed 1956.^[68]
Landport Drapery Bazaar (Portsmouth)
Laughtons (Deal) - Formerly Baldwins; closed 2008.
Laurie & MacConnell (Cambridge)^[69] Opened 1883
George Henry Lee (Liverpool) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores.
William Lefevre (Cantebury) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Lidstones (Walthamstow)
Loder & Payne (Maidstone)
Longley Brothers (Bexhill-on-Sea)
A J Lucking & Co. (Colchester)
Willis Ludlow (Hull)

M - R

Mackross (Cardiff)
Richard Maddox (Shrewsbury) Bought by Owen Owen
Maggs (Clifton)^[70]
Marments (Cardiff)
Marsh Jones & Cribb (Leeds)
Marshall Roberts (Camden Town)
Matthew & Son (Cambridge)^[71]
Frederick Matthews (Newport, Wales)Bought by Owen Owen.
Robert Maule & Co (Edingburgh) Bought by Binns 1934. Now a Frasers.
Maw Till Kirke (Hull)
Mawer & Collingham (Lincoln) Bought by House of Fraser in 1980 - made part of Binns. Now a House of Fraser.
E Mayes & Son (Southampton) Bought by Owen Owen.
McDonalds (Glasgow) Bought by House of Fraser 1951 merged with Wylie & Lochead 1957 to become McDonald Wylie & Lochead. Now a Frasers
McIlroys (Hanley) Bought by Lewis
Medhursts (Bromley)
Monteith, Hamilton & Monteith (Leeds)
J D Morant (Chichester) Bought by Army & Navy in 1955. Now House of Fraser.
David Morgan (Cardiff) - Established 1879; closed 29 January 2005.
J T Morgan (Swansea)
Morgans (Ramsgate)
Morgans (West Penwith) bought by James Colmer 1963. Closed 1970s. Now Maplins (2012).
Morgan Squire (Leicester) Bought by JJ Allen 1962. Became part of House of Fraser 1970. Transferred to Rackmans division - Now House of Fraser
Murrays (High Wycombe) Closed 1985.^[72]
Henry A Murton (Newcastle upon Tyne)
J.Newhouse (Middlesbrough) Bought by Debenhams
R Nichol & Sons (Redhill)
Nicholsons (Bromley) Bought by Debenhams.^[73]
Norco House (Aberdeen)
William Owen (Bayswater)
Pauldens (Manchester & Sheffield) Bought by Debenhams 1920 Rebranded 1970
James Page (Camberely)
J T Parrish (Byker) - Established 1875; closed 1984.
Pearsons (Nottingham) - Formerly Pearson Brothers; established 1889.
Pendleburys (Wigan) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Perrets (Paignton)
Pettigrew & Stephens (Glasgow)
Pettits (Kensington) Opened 1890 Closed 1978 (Located at 191-195 Kensington High Street)^[74]
Gray Peverell & Co Ltd (Hartlepool)
William Plumpton & Son (Bury St Edmunds) now owned by Palmers
John Polgaze (Penzance) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1960s
Pontings (Kensington)^[75] Bought John Barker 1907. Closed 1970
Pratts (Bingley) Bought by Brown Muff subsequently bought by House of Fraser. Closed.
Pratts (Streatham) Opened 1867. Bought by Bon Marche. Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores in 1926. Sold to John Lewis closed 1990.^[76]
Priors (Finchley) bought by Owen Owen.
Pyne Brothers (Brockley)
Quin and Axten (Brixton) Bought by Bon Marche 1920. Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores in 1926. Sold to John Lewis. Son on 1949.
Ranbys (Derby) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Rankins (Chiswick)
Rankin & Co (Banff) Bought by Benzie & Miller - subsequently bought by House of Fraser 1958. Became Arnotts in 1970s closed 1980s.
H L Reid (Cardiff) Bought by House of Fraser and now closed.
Reynolds (Newport) bought by Owen Owen.
Ricemans (Originally Deal then Cantebury) Opened 1960s. Bought by Fenwicks 1986. Closed 2003.
Rightons (Evesham) Bought by House of Fraser closed 1975
Robbs (Birkenhead) Opened 1872
J R Roberts (Stratford & Southend-on-Sea).
Roberts Brothers (Sheffield) - Formerly T & J Roberts.
W J Roberts & Sons (Truro) - Formerly Bon Marche.
Robinson Brothers (Carlisle & Dumfries) - Bought by Binns 1933. Carlisle is now House of Fraser.
Robinson & Cleaver (Main Store Donegall Square, Belfast & Regent Street, London)
J F Rockhey (Torquay & Newton Abbott) - Group acquired by D H Evans. Subsequently by Harrods and House of Fraser.
E P Rose (Bedford) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Matthew Rose & Sons (Hackney)
Roslings (Brighton)
Rossiter & Son (Paignton) - Established 1858; closed 31 January 2009.
Jeremiah Rotherham & Co. (Shoreditch)
Rowntrees (Scarborough)
Russell & Dorrell (Worcester) - Established 1834; department store closed 2003; Russell & Dorrell continue to operate a furniture store in Worcester.
Rylands (Manchester) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.

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Salts (Swadlincote)
Arthur Sanders (Darlington) bought by Binns 1922. Now only surviving Binns in House of Fraser.
Robert Sayle (Cambridge)^[77] Opened 1840 Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis. Became John Lewis Cambridge in 2007.
Seccombes (Cardiff) Bought by House of Fraser and now closed.
Sheltons (Peterborough)
Sheriff & Ward (Winchester) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Shinners (Sutton)
Shirers & Lances (Cheltenham)
James Shoolbred (Tottenham Court Road, London)
Simes (Worcester) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.^[78]
William Small & Sons (Edinburgh) Bought by House of Fraser & subsequently closed.
Smiths (Nuneaton & Stratford upon Avon) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Snowball & Son (Gateshead)^[79]^[80]
Sopers (Brighton)
Sopers (Harrow, London) Bought by Debenhams.^[81]
Soutars (Arbroath) Bought by House of Fraser. Now closed.
James Spence & Co. (St Paul's Churchyard, London)
Spencer Turner & Boldero (Lisson Grove, London) - Established 1837; closed 1969.
Spooners (department store) (Plymouth) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Staffords (Brighton)
T B Stephens (Stoke Newington)
Stones (Romford) Opened 1864. Bought by Debenhams 1960.^[82]
Stringers (Stourbridge) Bought by Owen Owen. Closed 1990.
Style & Gerrish (Salisbury) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Suters (Slough & Uxbridge) Bought by Owen Owen.
J K Swallow & Sons (Chesterfield)
George Swan (North Shields) Bought by Shephards of Gateshead and rebranded.
Swan & Edgar (Piccadilly Circus)^[83] Closed 1982
W H Sweet (Maryland Point)
Taylors of Basildon (Basildon) purchased by House of Fraser 1979 converted to Army and Navy.
Taylors of Clifton (Clifton) bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Joshua Taylor (Cambridge)
W M Taylors (Erdington) Bought by Owen Owen.
Tarns (Elephant and Castle)
B Thomas (Helston) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1960s
Patrick Thomson (Edinburgh) Bought by Scottish Drapery Corp - subsequently bought by House of Fraser. Became Arnotts in 1975.
Thompsons of Peterborough (Peterborough Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores. Sold to John Lewis Partnership in 1940 and re-branded Robert Sayle. Destroyed by Fire 1956.
Thornton Varley (department store) (Hull) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Treron et Cie (Glasgow)
Thomas Tucker (Exmouth)Opened 1801 Closed 2007. Bought by Benzie family of Benzie & Miller fame in 1958.^[84]
Trewin Brothers (Watford) Bought by Selfridges Provincial Stores in 1918.
Tyrrell & Green (Southampton) Opened 1897. Bought by John Lewis 1934. Rebranded to John Lewis 2000.
E Upton & Sons (Middlesbrough)
Verity & Sons (Doncaster) Bought by Owen Owen, then by Binns. Now House of Fraser Outlet Store.
Vinalls (Eastbourne) Opened 1870s. Bought by John Lewis 1947. Sold 1953 to Macartney Stewart Limited of Sussex.^[85]
Vokins (Brighton)
Wades (Brighton) Bought by Owen Owen.
Thomas Wallis & Co. (Holborn Circus, London)
John Walsh (Sheffield)^[86] Bought By Harrods then House of Fraser closed 1998
Waltons (Exeter)
E L Ward (Cheltenham)
Wards (Seven Sisters)
Henry Warren & Son (Newton Abbott) Bought by E J Dingle & Co 1960s
Watt & Grant (Aberdeen)
Webbers (Oxford) Ltd (Oxford) 1905-1971. Bought by Hide & Co 1952.^[87]
Wellsteads (Reading) Bought by Debenhams and rebranded.
Wengers (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Wheatley & Whiteley (Leeds)
White & Ellis (Ramsgate)
Henry White (Newcastle under Lyme)
Ocky White (Haverfordwest) - Established 1910; closed 2013.
Thomas White & Co (Aldershot) Bought by Army & Navy in 1961. Closed by House of Fraser.
R Whitehead & Son (Bolton) - Closed 2001.
Wickhams (Mile End Road, London)
Williamson & Cole (Clapham)
Wills (Rushden)
G L Wilson (Dundee)
James H Wilson (Crouch End) Bought by House of Fraser and now closed.
Wilsons (Brentwood)
John Woollright & Co. (Liverpool)
Wright Brothers (Richmond, London) Bought by Hide & Co 1940. Became part of House of Fraser 1975. Closed 1990.
Wylie & Lochead (Glasgow) Bought by House of Fraser 1957 and merged with McDonalds to form McDonald Wylie & Lochead. Now a Frasers.
Yeos (department store) (Plymouth) Became Spooners before being bought by Debenhams and rebranded.

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 * [[George Hatton]] ([[Dover]])
 * [[Hawke & Thomas]] ([[Newquay]]) Bought by [[Dingles (department store)|E J Dingle & Co]] 1960s
+* [[Sidney Heath (department store)|Sidney Heath]] ([[Swansea]])<ref>http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=482279</ref>
 * [[George Henry Havelock]] ([[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]) - Destroyed by fire on 18 July 1898. Rebuilt 1900. Sold 1914 and became a cinema.<ref>http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland018.html</ref>
 * [[John Lewis Reading|Heelas & Sons Co.]] ([[Reading]]) Opened 1854. Bought by Charles Clore 1947 but sold to UDS 1950. Bought by John Lewis 1953. Rebranded 2001.